Literary Terms Flashcards
0
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The sequence of events in a story
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Plot
1
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When a characters speaks thoughts aloud
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Soliloquy
2
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Giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing
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Personification
3
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Something that stands/represents something else
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Symbol
4
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Comparing two things
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Metaphor
5
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Reader knows more than those in the story
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Dramatic irony
6
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Is our clues the upcoming events
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Foreshadowing
7
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Comparing two things using like or as
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Simile
8
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The time and place of the story
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Setting
9
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A character vs. himself or herself
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Internal conflict
10
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A character vs. an outside force
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External conflict
